HONG KONG, Aug 18 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co named on Friday Lan Chen as the vice chairperson of the U.S. bank’s global investment banking business in China as part of its efforts to expand in that market, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

Chen joins JPMorgan from Deutsche Bank, where she had worked since 2011 and held several senior roles including co-head of China investment banking and most recently head of corporate finance.

A spokeswoman for JPMorgan in Hong Kong confirmed the contents of the memo. (Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)